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You know your an obsessive gardener when ...

RebekahR
RebekahR Posts: 5,988 Forumite
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... you have tons of pots in the window seal on carrier bags - you water them - and either water and/or some dirt drops on the floor and you don't care! :o
No point cleaning up til they are all in the garden right ;) More dirt might drop tomorrow!:D

Feel free to add anything you do that proves your obsession and that i'm not the only nutter :rotfl:
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  • alanobrien
    alanobrien Posts: 3,309 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    eeerrrr, when you dont have any more room on any window cill to put anything on so you put a table in front of the window for the overflow :o and when the overwintered plants in the greenhouse are pushing out leaves and bending the roof but you dare not put them out yet because of frost. :(
  • COOLTRIKERCHICK
    COOLTRIKERCHICK Posts: 10,510 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    when you come home from work and first thing you do is water the plants before you feed the kids:cool::rotfl:
    Work to live= not live to work
  • Haha good thread!! The fact I've got soil scattered all over my conservatory ledges and soil on the white blinds too, it bothers me a little bit but not enough to actually stop :D
    Ahhhh.... lemony fresh victory is mineee!!!
  • meg72
    meg72 Posts: 5,164 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped!
    When youre eating your dinner on your lap beause the dinining room table is over flowing. My table is front of the sunniest window in the house.
    Slimming World at target
  • Lol I second that, had to move them off the table when the mother in law came round for tea :rotfl:
    Ahhhh.... lemony fresh victory is mineee!!!
  • Furny
    Furny Posts: 846 Forumite
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    edited 27 March 2010 at 8:07PM
    1)You keep asking the kids if they want a yoghurt/custard just so you can have the pot!
    2)You can't throw away any pot/container/tin anymore because you can visualise growing something in it so have bags of pots & even buy things especially for the pots.
    3)Everywhere you walk/drive you can't help gawping in peoples gardens so you look like a weirdo.
    4)A trip to the DIY is now exciting as you can look in the gardening section.
    5)Older people are now so brilliant to talk to they know so much about growing etc.
    6) You get given a non gardening present & think how much gardening stuff you could of bought with how much it cost.
    7) You are not bothered about going on your anual family holiday because you are worried how your plants are going to be without you!.
    8) You watch/record Gardeners World when you used to spend years hating having to watch it as a child looking at your parents/grandparents thinking they where boring (yes & thats how the kids are now looking at you!ha!)

    God, I've only been at it a few months aswell!
  • eco
    eco Posts: 1,147 Forumite
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    your looking at your seedling willing them to grow, you buy another bag of potatoes and it's only when you get home you wonder where your going to eventually plant them, cos every inch of growing space is accounted for.
  • kimmee
    kimmee Posts: 680 Forumite
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    Furny wrote: »
    1)You keep asking the kids if they want a yoghurt/custard just so you can have the pot!
    2)You can't throw away any pot/container/tin anymore because you can visualise growing something in it so have bags of pots & even buy things especially for the pots.
    3)Everywhere you walk/drive you can't help gawping in peoples gardens so you look like a weirdo.
    4)A trip to the DIY is now exciting as you can look in the gardening section.
    5)Older people are now so brilliant to talk to they know so much about growing etc.
    6) You get given a non gardening present & think how much gardening stuff you could of bought with how much it cost.
    7) You watch/record Gardeners World when you used to spend years hating having to watch it as a child looking at your parents/grandparents thinking they where boring (yes & thats how the kids are now looking at you!ha!)

    God, I've only been at it a few months aswell!

    :rotfl: hahahaha - you could be describing me furny! :rotfl:
  • misskool
    misskool Posts: 12,832 Forumite
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    when you have 3 boxes of seed packets :(
  • Beltona
    Beltona Posts: 34 Forumite
    You're in the garden and you know its getting dark but just 5 more minutes......
    10K in 2010 = £5558 :o
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